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Leucophosphite & Cyrilovite

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Leucophosphite & Cyrilovite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Toms Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 3.3 × 1.6 cm
Description

Wierd looking stuff ! but under a microscope there is plenty to see. Leucophosphite is the most abundant mineral and forms clear glassy to very pale pink clusters of micro crystals.

Cyrilovite forms yellow balls and patches in places over the specimen. Great for the phosphate or species collector.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leucophosphite

Formula: 
KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DH.10
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Ninghanboun Hills serpentinite, Weelhamby Lake, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Cyrilovite

Formula: 
NaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.DL.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Cyrilov phosphate pegmatite (Cyrillhof), Velké Meziříčí, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic
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